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Agent hits out at FAI over Derry player debacle
November 23, 2009
Football agent Gerry Carlile has hit out at the Football Association of Ireland after it vetoed the proposed move of Derry City player James McClean to Lincoln City.
McClean was a member of Derry’s squad for the 2009 season, at the end of which the Candystripes were thrown out of the League of Ireland for player contract irregularities.
Like the rest of his former Brandywell teammates, the Northern Ireland has been unpaid for almost three months.
Transfer regulations preclude him from joining another club before January, but Carlile has appealed for a change of heart in his “special case”.
He said: “Some of the Derry City players haven’t been paid in 11 weeks and they have been told that they are free agents.
“But I have been told that they can’t sign for another club until the transfer window opens. I understand that there are rules but surely this is a special case.
“Lincoln have told me that the FA will be in touch with Fifa to try to sort the situation out. That is another six weeks that the players will be denied the opportunity to earn a living.”
Meanwhile, Lincoln boss Chris Sutton added: “I’m keen to get James signed. There is only one loser here and that is the player.”
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